The Six-Way Patriarch

The Six-Way Patriarch is a xianxia/wuxia web novel by Zaohuazhaizhu, first serialized on Qidian, totaling about 600,000 Chinese characters and completed with its final chapter in 2013. The protagonist, Yue Ding, was an honest country youth whose parents were killed by Murong Manor because he saved someone, and he himself was murdered and his body dumped in the wilderness. Upon waking, he finds himself merged with another version of himself from a parallel dimension and gains a strange space containing a vast collection of martial arts manuals, which require "merit" to read and exchange. From then on he uses merit to obtain techniques drawn from many different works—the Star-Absorbing Technique, Great Diamond Divine Power, Undying Dharma Seal, Three-Part Origin Qi, Eightfold Dragon God Fire—and embarks on a path of eye-for-an-eye revenge, gradually coming to see this jianghu where the strong prey on the weak and killing for treasures is the norm. Unlike the usual self-interested protagonist, Yue Ding rejects the petty path of seeking only longevity, invincibility, and carefree wandering; he makes a grand vow to revive the Three Teachings, civilize hearts, and build the world's foremost martial sacred ground, personally developing this strange martial organization into a faith and power spanning all factions. The book begins with three sworn brothers entering the jianghu, passes through sect strife, settling of grudges, and expansion of influence, and concludes with Chapter 225, "Grand Finale."